Mormon 1

(December 9, 2014)

                I appreciated Mormon including in his own record the fulfillment of Samuel’s prophecy.  It made sense in a way – I could have been unfairly disparaging Mormon in his approach when the prejudices were in the original records.  After all, by Mormon’s time Nephites and Lamanites as racial distinctions were just about eliminated.  It seems reasonable that Mormon would be less concerned about Samuel being a Lamanite (although his writings would still be focused as a lineage record) than would those alive at the time of the coming of Christ.